In our league, only 1st and 2nd place get prize money. After being in 1st all season, I lost in the playoffs and am now in the 3rd place game.

On Tuesday, AFTER I made the second of my four pickups allowed this week (I made the first pickup Monday), our commissioner locked the rosters of everyone except those facing off in the final. He did this after a complaint from one of the teams in the final.

This is a keeper league, and I only found out about it after trying to add a minors prospect for my na slot.

Feels like something like this should be written in the league bylaws and not decided on a whim.

If I was in the final, I’d obviously not want the 3rd and 4th place team stealing potential pickups, so I get the reasoning, but it feels as if this is something that shouldn’t be decided mid week. And if I end up 4th because I couldn’t make any pickups, that kinda sucks.

What do you think?